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Fodderstack Mountain

Fodderstack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fodderstack Mountain rises to 769 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the south, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tremont Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31670680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
768.951 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.63458, -83.69806

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Spruce Flats Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 1.5 mi
  • Lynn Camp Falls: 2.4 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 3.8 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 4.3 mi
  • Tuckaleechee Caverns: 4.6 mi
  • Ski Mountain Coaster: 9.2 mi
  • Ober Mountain Coaster: 9.2 mi
Parks
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 14
Picnic sites: 10
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 4.7 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 12.3 mi
  • Fish: 13.3 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 12.1 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 23.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Fodderstack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunderhead MountainS 186°1,685.16 m4.6 mi
Rocky TopS 190°1,657.32 m4.9 mi
Blockhouse MountainS 187°1,650.92 m5.9 mi
Cold Spring KnobSE 127°1,595.73 m6.3 mi
Brier KnobSSE 167°1,591.05 m4.6 mi
Devils Race PatchS 183°1,564.85 m5.3 mi
De Armond BaldS 191°1,554.75 m6.2 mi
Mt. SquiresSSW 206°1,540.46 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:54
September equinox07:2319:0019:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 5 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1284543 — Fodderstack Mountain, Blount County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356802875

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